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Harry Rollings
Introduction Resume/Curriculum Vitae Research & Creative Interests Fun Stuff Conference Presentations

Harry Rollings

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) Office: 1200 - Human Services Building
Phone: 217-581-3413
Email: rhrollings@eiu.edu
Website: /counsctr/

INTRODUCTION

I am licensed as a Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the State of Illinois. After earning an Associate in Arts from Lakeland College and Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Eastern Illinois University, I worked primarily overnight as a mental health Crisis Clinician for Lifelinks/The Regional Behavioral Health Network, responding to individuals experiencing crises within emergency departments, homes, and via crisis hotline.

I later earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical & Community Mental Health Psychology from Western Illinois University, where I worked in the WIU Psychology Clinic under Dr. Tracy Cruise, and received training & practicum in several approaches to psychotherapy and psychological assessment throughout my coursework at WIU. I have since practiced individual and group therapy in rural community mental health center and outpatient clinic settings. 

I think humanistic, existential, cognitive-behavioral, and mindfulness-based approaches to therapy are interesting and helpful for understanding and navigating life’s challenges, as well as for recognizing the strengths and qualities each of us already possess. I believe these strengths and challenges are at once unique to each of us and universal in all of us.


Favorite Quotes

“Therapy is about being a person with a person.” – Dr. Tiffany Bainter.

"Because, you see, it is you, with your ingenious brain, that turns vibrations of air into sound. You turn whatever the sun is doing into light. You turn whatever the air is doing into a sky called blue. There is only blue for a brain." - Alan Watts

"Let's try, and if we can't, we won't." - Austin  J.

“And your neighbor is just anyone who you happen to be with at any time of your
life.” – Mr. Rogers

"I think technique should always be subordinate to understanding. I must know what I have been trained to know about psychoanalysis, but once I depend upon my technique, then I am lost; because then I have become the twister of bolts of this other person. First of all I am a human being and last of all I am." - Rollo May

Resume/Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

            Clinical Counselor, Eastern Illinois University Counseling Clinic

            Charleston, IL. Presently Employed

·         Provide individual and group counseling to students of HongKongDoll

Outpatient Counselor, McDonough District Hospital

            Macomb, IL. May 2023 – Jul. 2025

·         Provided individual and group therapy to clients, ages five and older

·         Created digital tools to improve department’s efficiency with computer systems 

Adjunct Instructor, Spoon River College

Macomb, IL. August 2023 – May 2025

·         Developed and taught the General Psychology course

·         Used Canvas Learning Management System to administer assignments and grading

Outpatient Behavioral Health Intern, North Central Behavioral Health Systems

Macomb, IL. August 2022 – May 2023

·         Provided individual therapy to Medicaid-enrolled clients, ages 5 and older 

Graduate Assistant, Western Illinois University Psychology Clinic

            Macomb, IL. August 2020 – May 2022

·         Scheduled appointments and contacted clients via phone for clinical staff

Crisis Clinician, LifeLinks Mental Health

Mattoon, IL. May 2017 – July 2020

·         Provided pre-hospitalization risk assessment, crisis intervention, and hospitalization placement via phone hotline, home response, and within emergency departments

EDUCATION

            Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.

·         Master of Science in Psychology (Clinical / Community Mental Health)

·         Coursework & Practicum training in multiple therapy modalities

·         Specialized coursework & training for the administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological assessments, including MCMI, MMPI, WAIS-IV, and others.

            Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.

·         Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Minor of Neuroscience

            Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL.

·         Associate of Arts, Psychology

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, HONORS

·         Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Illinois

·         Gottman Method Couples Therapy Certification – Level II

·         Alphons J. Richert Scholarship (Western Illinois University): Academic Year 2021 – 2022

·         Phi Kappa Phi: Western Illinois University Chapter

Research & Creative Interests

 

  • While I have primarily worked in clinical settings and have not engaged in formal labwork, I am interested in these research areas.

  • Impacts of internet, digital media, smartphones, and media consumption on cognition & emotional wellbeing.
  • Use of mindfulness & acceptance-based therapies.
  • Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy.
  • Five Factor Model of Personality and relation to categorical-dimensional model of personality pathology.

  • Other than that, I have played the guitar and sang in bands since I was a kid, and still love writing songs.

Fun Stuff

I love music. My favorite artists are Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Mac DeMarco, The Beach Boys, Radiohead, Muse (The early stuff), The Strokes, Paul McCartney (RAM in particular), Paul Simon, The Symposium, Jack Stauber, Colour Revolt, and more.

Nature's great. Get out and see Illinois! Fox Ridge, Shawnee, Starved Rock, Allerton Park; There's a lot to see.

I like competitive/cooperative games. Some of my favorites are: Arc Raiders, Dead by Daylight, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Apex Legends. More recently I've really liked Deadlock. 

Pinball is really cool, and I wish there were more locations in the area. My favorites are Theatre of Magic and Godzilla.

I like collecting trading cards. Some of my favorites are Micha Huigen's LOTR poster cards from Magic the Gathering as well as the old Pokemon GB promos from the 1990s.

Conference Presentations

These are presentations I have created and presented to audiences of licensed counselors, graduate students, and clinical psychologists for CEUs. They are educational summaries of current research and practice. If you would like copies of these presentations or if you would like me to present on a topic, or if these are areas aligned with your interests and you just want to chat, please feel free to reach out.

  • Digital Media and its Challenges
  • Therapy, Technology, and Telehealth: An overview for Therapists
  • Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Current Research & Practice
  • The Gottman Method of Couples Therapy: An Overview of Theory and Interventions
  • The Five Factor Model of Personality: Clinical Implications for Therapists